Out of the society pages!

‘Merry Wives of Colombo’, Indu Dharmasena’s modernized-and localized- adaptation of William Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, will go on stage on March 30, 31, and April 1 at the Lionel Wendt.

A tale of love, lust, trust and jealousy, Indu’s reprisal of the play was last performed for Colombo’s theatre lovers in 2003. The play has been updated and the cast revamped, with only Indu and Gehan Cooray reprising their roles from the original production. The plot weaves around married friends Tammy and Madhu, who are both courted by, they are outraged to discover, the same man! Politician and philanderer John Sabagedara, has no scruples. Together with the help of their friend Sandra and Sabagadara’s sidekick Bandhu, they embark on a mission to teach him a lesson, only to be suspected of infidelity by their husbands Rajiv and Nigel, who are misinformed of their wives’ intention by trouble-making gossip Upeksha.

Koluu plays ‘Girly’ (ironically a socialite and restaurant owner in the play!) and joins the merry cast comprising Indu himself, Stefan Raymond, Gehan Cooray, Sanjana Selvarajah, Sanwada, Abbasali Rozais, Anoop Kapukotuwa, Niroshi Perera and Trinushka Perera. The play is presented by the Rotary Club of Colombo Metropolitan and the proceeds are to be utilized for their projects. The show on March 30 (Friday) is exclusively for HSBC custom

ers and they are requested to contact HSBC for reservations.

The tickets for March 31 and April 1 are now available at the

Lionel Wendt Theatre.